Parents had a problem with their autistic son.  He kept swearing.  They claim they tried to get him to stop, but they couldn't.  So instead, they at least taught him how to swear in "appropriate circumstances." Instead of teaching Malcolm to stop swearing, we would teach him how to do it correctly and appropriately, so he could avoid confrontations with authority figures and get along with other kids. We walked Malcolm through the definitions of various swear words and the phrases in which they usually occur. “S—” is poop and means something is worthless or hiding something that is wrong or worthless. “F—” is sex and indicates doing something harmful to oneself (“F— me”) or someone else (“F— you”). We also struggled to teach him that “f—” has many variations and is often just used as a placeholder for more socially acceptable adverbs and adjectives...(Read Full Post)